Hughes is in the Middle East selling America's image

[ProSense]

to the country that Bush is about to sell America's port security to.

U.S. Envoy: Abuse in Iraq Was a Crime

By LARA SUKHTIAN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 4 minutes ago

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The top U.S. envoy for public diplomacy said Sunday the abuse of prisoners in Iraq was a crime and did not reflect U.S. policies in the Middle East.

In an interview with the Dubai based pan-Arab telecasting giant Al-Arabiya, Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes said the U.S. should not be judged by the actions of a few.

"These are horrible crimes and they are a violation of our laws and our policies. They do not represent the United States, and the president made it clear that we expect all prisoners to be treated with respect and in a humane way," Hughes said.

Hughes arrived in Dubai, one of the seven Emirates, on Sunday after a two-day visit to Doha Qatar, where she attended the U.S.-Islamic World Forum and implored regional leaders to wipe out terrorism.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060219/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_hughes_1

[TomInTib]

1. If at first you don't succeed, .....

just keep doing the same tired, stupid shtick.

[joemurphy]

2. See, Mohammed, we don't torture. Abu Ghraib,

Guantanamo and those secret interrogation prisons in Europe are the work of a few misguided aberrants that have been thoroughly investigated and punished. Do you love us now?

[mwb970]

3. Hughes is a fool, defending the indefensible.

The ultimate incompetent crony appointment, trying to put lipstick on a pig. It would be funny if it weren't pathetic.

[BOSSHOG]

4. Typical bush administration member

if she told the truth her heart would stop from shock. "Not reflect U.S. policy." "U. S. should not be judged" "We expect prisoners to be treated with respect." karen, you are a lying slut whore.

[Cocoa]

5. very persuasive

if I were a Muslim, I'd buy it.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. Ignore our actions, listen only to our words?

Rest assured the Muslim world remembers your words, too, like "crusade", and Ann Coulter saying that all Muslims should be Christianized.

[IndianaGreen]

7. Why doesn't she fly into the Bermuda Triangle and disappear from view?

I have never seen as many pathological grouped together in the numbers one finds in the Bush regime.

[Lefty48197]

8. "..we expect all prisoners to be treated with respect and in a humane way"

well, except the ones we're sending to Bulgaria to be tortured, or to Cuba to be chained to concrete slabs in cages outdoors. Karen, you're not doing a very good job convincint the Muslims that we are their friends.

[bullimiami]

9. hatchet-face it damn right. its a crime.

pretty stupid to rub it in. the arabs might start to demand justice.

[ProSense]

10. Don't understand the timing of this.

This is negative attention. They are conniving, but are the Bushes this stupid?

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

15. Rice leaves today for this area

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the administration continued to support the sale, and would brief congress on its decision. “It’s the considered opinion of the US government that this can go forward,” Rice told a round table of Arab journalists at the state department in Washington.


Rice said there had been a “thorough review” of the sale, and “it was decided that this could be done and done safely”.

She described Abu Dhabi as “a very good friend” of the US. “I hope our friends in Abu Dhabi would not be offended by the fact that in our democracy we debate these things.”

‖Rice leaves today to visit several Middle East states, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/world.aspx?ID=BD4A157784

[ProSense]

11. This Dubai deal just proves the Bush admin

doesn't know what it's doing, and some needs to find out why this deal was even considered.

Congressman says US should freeze Dubai port deal
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 19 2:32 PM
The Bush administration has failed to put adequate security conditions on a deal for a state-owned Dubai company to manage major U.S. ports, and it should not go forward pending a full investigation, a key Republican congressman said on Sunday.



2 senators will work against Dubai company's port-operation deal
Orlando Sentinel - Feb 19 6:13 AM
A company at the Port of Miami has sued to block the takeover of shipping operations there by a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates, officials said Saturday.


Lawmakers Decry Ports Takeover
AP via Yahoo! News - 25 minutes ago
U.S. terms for approving an Arab company's takeover of operations at six major American ports are insufficient to guard against terrorist infiltration, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday.


Arab Management Of U.S. Ports Slammed
CBS News - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
The takeover of six major American ports by an Arab company poses a threat to national security, say lawmakers from both parties. Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff defended the sale, saying there are assurances and guidelines in place.


Lawmakers Decry Ports Takeover
ABC News - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
Contradicting Chertoff, Rep. King, R-N.Y., Says Security Steps Inadequate for Ports Takeover


Rep.: Port Takeover Security Inadequate
ABC News - Feb 19 12:36 PM
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Says Security Steps Inadequate for Ports Takeover


Lawmakers steamed over port security deal
Newsday - 36 minutes ago
Republicans and Democrats alike are fuming over a Bush administration deal to turn over a vital security role in New York's port to a company based in the United Arab Emirates, a country with links to some of the 9/11 hijackers.

[hatrack]

12. Yes, but this time no reporters are allowed to tag along

That'll make the results this time completely different!

:eyes:

[Kenergy]

13. Good Luck Karen! Everyone knows you and your boss are liars n/t

[Vidar]

14. Have to sell it. Can't give it away.